Suggestions for flight sim joystick

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With your budget the obvious choice is the VKB Gladiator NXT. It’s an intermediate stick that will last you a decade without being extremely expensive.

It has twist grip so you don’t need to buy pedals and a mini throttle so you don’t need to buy a throttle. The mini throttle might look stupid but it works well. You can also just use incremental throttle in your keyboard.

More importantly, you can now spend money on head tracking which makes the sim experience work. I think Delanclip is good and cheapish. Apparently there’s phone head tracking solutions too.

I had a cheap stick first, then a Saitek X52, now a VKB stick and I think I should have gone for VKB stuff right away. It’s much more fun to not be limited by your gear.

The WinWing Ursa Minor might work too, it’s a knockoff of the Gladiator NXT.

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For totally budget head tracking. Download OpenTrack and AITrack (both of which are free) The combo makes use of a webcam. Worked fairly well even with my super cheap £10 webcam.

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Do want to note that you want good and clear lighting for the webcam one.

If you’re a goblin who prefers to exist in the darkest corners of the earth, do prepare to be disappointed.

I’m speaking from experience trying to set it up and being sensitive to bright lights.

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Yeah, I can see that being an issue.

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ok imma get the VKB but do I need a VR for it to work or can i use it without one

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Z axis is useless

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I have a cheap camera from the market, Xiaomi Imilab. In the evening I turn on the lamp that is behind the monitor and despite this there is no problem with the camera’s operation.

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Thats why IR LEDs is used

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I hate to say it, but there’s very little return on higher end flight controls for WT, as it’s not really a good flight sim.

If this is your first foray into flight controls, I would buy a middle of the road HOTAS so you can trial it before you commit to a bunch of money for a middling return

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There is a distinct difference between ‘cup and ball’ and dedicated axis regardless of how you think WTs flight simulation exists.

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Eh, outside of sim, pretty much any Logitech/Saitek/Thrustmaster would be fine for trialing joysticks.

Nice controls are nice, and immersive. But the cost to performance return is steeply slanted.

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Wonder if itd work with console.

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Generally they do not.

And none of the good ones do.

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Quite unfortunate. Id rather not have to get a T16000 but I suppose if its my only choice I may have to or just stick with controller.

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Unfortunately you are probably better off playing with keyboard and mouse, or a controller than any of the sticks that work with consoles.

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The X-56 throttle is the best damn throttle there is. It has two conveniently located analog axis which is a must. One for pitch trim and one for zoom. It has a shit load of buttons too. In fact I use a X-65F throttle, which doesn’t have any buttons on the base.

The best cheap Thrustmaster model is the Simtask Farming Stick. It has a load of buttons. TM16000 has way too few buttons.

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T-flight X (with pedals but you dont need them)

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most are currently broken rn there is a bug report though

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If you’re on console then the T16000 won’t work on consoles. Console HOTAS is extremely limited.

If you’re on Xbox then the only ones that work are the T.Flight HOTAS One or any of the Turtle Beach Velocity One products.

If you are on PS4/5 the only option you have is the T.Flight HOTAS 4

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A cheaper option depending on where you live is the WinWing Ursa Minor. It’s the VKB Gladiator copied 1 to 1 by Chinese company (so that’s kinda scummy) and it’s very cheap atm.

You don’t need VR, some kind of headtracking helps a lot.

I actually enjoy flying simulator a lot, especially in the jet age. But it’s a big learning curve and you will get stomped on starting out.